Sugar Maple; Soft Maple; White Maple Scientific Name: Acer saccharum
Description: Large planted tree with short, stout trunk; few large forks; spreading, open, irregular crown of long, curving branches; and graceful cut-leaves. Height: 50-80;. Diameter: 3'
Habitat: Wet soils of stream banks, flood plains, and swamps with other hardwoods.
Range: S. Ontario east to New Brunswick, south to NW. Florida, west to E. Oklahoma, north to N. Minnesota.
Type: Tree Source:National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
Photograph: Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service from www.forestryimages.org. |
